Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 1987 Owner's Manual page 20

Parking
Warning!
To reduce the risk of personal
injury as a result of vehicle move­
ment, before leaving the vehicle
always:
1. Keep foot on brake pedal.
2. Pull up parking brake lever.
3. Slowly release brake pedal.
4. Engage first or reverse gear
(selector lever position "P" in
the case of automatic transmis­
sions).
5. Turn front wheels towards the
road curb.
6. Turn the key to steering lock
position 0 and remove.
Clutch
Caution!
Resting your foot on the clutch pedal
will cause excessive and premature
wear of the clutch disc.
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Winter Driving Hints
The most important rule for slippery or
icy roads is to drive sensibly and to
avoid abrupt acceleration, braking and
steering action. Do not use the cruise
control system under such conditions.
When the vehicle is in danger of
skidding, declutch, or in case of an au­
tomatic transmission move selector
lever to position " N" . Try to keep the
vehicle under control by corrective
steering action.
Vehicles without ABS:
Provided the traffic conditions will
allow, only brake in a way that the
wheels are locked for no more than
fractions of a second as otherwise the
steerability of the vehicle is lost.
Road salts and chemicals can
adversely affect braking efficiency.
Increased pedal force may become
necessary to produce the normal
brake effect. We therefore recommend
depressing the brake pedal repeatedly
when traveling on saltstrewn roads at
length. This can bring road salt impair­
ed braking efficiency back to normal.
A prereguisite is, however, that this is
possible without endangering other
drivers on the road.
If the vehicle is parked after being
driven on salt treated roads, the
braking efficiency should be tested
as soon as possible after driving is
resumed while observing the safety
rules in the previous paragraph.